[pLog-General] default for listing "posts"

[Daniel K. <ke...@fo...>]

Oscar,

For admin.php?op=3DeditPosts
(the "posts" listing),
the default "status" is "published".

I think it would be better if it were "all" because the naive user will=20=

be confused and wonder where the posts are that they just submitted if=20=

they don't see that the list is filtered to only show published posts.

Of course, if the list of published posts is long, it might be better=20
to show only "drafts."

Maybe it would be less of an issue if the choices were radio buttons=20
instead of a drop-down box because then it would be obvious that=20
filtering was in effect.

On a related note, for "New Post," I find that it is cumbersome to=20
change and easy to overlook the necessity to change from the default=20
"Draft" to "Published." I forget to set "published" and then I wonder=20
why my post is not visible, and then Iook in "Posts" and don't see it=20
because I don't notice that only "published" posts are listed. I would=20=

prefer if "Publish" was the default state for "New Post" because I=20
wouldn't have to remember to do anything but enter text and click "Blog=20=

this!".

I suppose other people may have other preferences but perhaps this is=20
worthy of consideration. I'm thinking from the standpoint of the naive=20=

new user, the infrequent blogger, or the clue-challenged consulting=20
client.


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